Space
Studios & rehearsal spaces for your work The largest collection of high quality arts spaces available for hire in the South West
Dartington Arts, Social Justice, Sustainability Dartington is a major cultural centre that brings together work in the arts, social justice and sustainability. Combining history and modernism, tranquillity and experiment, the 1200-acre Dartington estate has been an inspiration to artists, philosophers and social entrepreneurs as diverse as Kurt Jooss, Peter Maxwell Davies, Ravi Shankar, Michael Young and Jonathan Porritt.
Space Space, a multidisciplinary centre for the arts, will open in spring 2011 to provide the largest collection of high quality arts spaces available in the South West. Space will include performing arts studios, digital media screening and production facilities, crafts and makers' studios and a multi-purpose gallery. Space will be a place where artists, ensembles, organisations and makers can create a base, develop their work and rehearse. The practical resources of Space, coupled with the cultural community and stunning natural setting, provide a unique and dynamic creative environment in which to produce work.
Studio 1
Studio 3
Facilities • Use of shared kitchen facilities • Internet connection • Pianos available in all studios • 24 hour access available • Office services available (fax, photocopier etc) • Licensed for public events & performances
Studio 6
Rehearsal & Performance Studios to Hire Studios will be available to hire on an on-going or short-term basis. There will be a wide range of spaces suitable for workshops, meetings, rehearsals and performances, including: Studio 1
Music and theatre rehearsal space with retractable seating. Ideal for rehearsals, performance, lectures and workshops.
Studio 3
Acoustically rich, high quality music rehearsal / performance space. 360ยบ balcony, lighting rig. Associated recording facilities also available.
Studio 6
For dance/music / theatre rehearsals/workshops. Sprung floor. Exterior balcony.
Studio 30
Hexagonal space with seating at three sides. Ideal for rehearsals, performances, lectures, workshops.
Studio 31
Multi-use space with retractable seating. Ideal for rehearsals, performance, lectures, workshops. Lighting rig, control room, and sound system.
Great Hall
Large medieval hall. Good acoustics. Capacity 300 seated or room for 400 standing.
Barn Cinema
For screenings and presentations. Fully digitally equipped. Capacity 185.
Screening Room Gallery Meeting Room
Exhibition and installation space. Capacity 50.
For small scale screenings and presentations. Capacity 60.
Ideal for board room style meetings or as a production office.
Studio 31
Great Hall
Barn Cinema
Catering A range of catering options will be available, including the on-site White Hart Restaurant & Bar, the Roundhouse Cafe and a conferencing catering service.
Residential Facilities A range of residential options are available, from the wide range of superb medieval courtyard rooms to more basic hostel-style accommodation.
Work with us Dartington has an 80 year history of supporting artists from diverse backgrounds to produce work. Through Space we again open our facilities to a wide range of creative organisations and individual artists who wish to make new work. We have already had a fantastic response from many organisations who would like to use Dartington as a base for their work in the South West and we look forward to exploring the opportunities on offer with you. If you would like to find out more about hiring Space, or would just like to discuss this exciting new venture further, we’d love to hear from you.
Where we are Dartington lies in the heart of the creative South West, situated on the edge of Totnes, the Devon town named by The Observer as “the country's funkiest address”. Totnes station is 3 hours from Paddington and is served by the M5 / A38 road network, 25 miles south of Exeter and north of Plymouth. Full details on how to find us are at www.dartington.org/finding-us.
Contact: The Arts at Dartington The Barn / Dartington Hall / Totnes / Devon / TQ9 6DE email: space@dartington.org // www.dartington.org/space Clare Parker Project Manager: 01803 847097 Front cover image © Jo Pitson The Dartington Hall Trust is a company limited by Guarantee, registered in England as a charity. Company no.1485560, charity no.279756.